Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Russian term or phrase:
Для нас же и сейчас нет ничего привычнее, чем,
English translation:
Man has forever been staring at the depths of Galactic space in search of delight ...
Russian term
Для нас же и сейчас нет ничего привычнее, чем,
My own version till now is "For us and now there is nothing more habitual than, peering into the incomprehensible depth of galactic spaces, to take delight in an alluring starry scattering of the Milky Way."
Mar 5, 2008 14:37: natasha stoyanova Created KOG entry
Proposed translations
Bulgaria
reliable and proficient
Native in: Bulgarian 
Works in: English to Bulgarian, Arabic to Bulgarian, Arabic to English, and 4 more.
Man has forever been staring at ... in search of delight ...
and it is only an idea
| My final version is "Man has always gazed at ... taking delight in..." |
Bulgaria
reliable and proficient
Native in: Bulgarian
Works in: English to Bulgarian, Arabic to Bulgarian, Arabic to English, and 4 more.
We are pretty much used to gaze at the unreachable depths of the Galactic spaces
it is more english
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PoveyTrans (X)
: I am sorry but 'we ARE pretty much USED TO GAZE at' is not more English :-) // 'We are pretty much used to gazing at...' :-)
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right, sorry. we are ... used gazing at ..
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Translating since 1984.
Native in: English , Russian
Works in: Russian to English, English to Russian, Ukrainian to English, and 1 more.
We still love to gaze...
In any case, please do not use the word "habitual" (as in "habitual drinker = alcoholic") - not what they want to emphasize in a vodka ad.
Yet it is still so customary for us to
| Thank you for your contribution! |
United States
Exemplary quality, truly bilingual
Native in: Russian 
, English
Works in: Russian to English, English to Russian, English
Even today, there is nothing quite as natural for us (for man) as gazing into...
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Note added at 1 hr (2008-03-05 14:38:53 GMT) Post-grading
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No problem. Just a general advice, let these questions hang out for a little while; you'd be surprised how many useful answers you can get hours after the first wave comes through, especially with poetic questions such as this.
| Sorry for being so quick in my choice. I really like your variant! |
| Thank you for your advice, Mark! I will definitely follow it when asking questions in the future (this one was my 2nd question here). Thank you for your translation one more time:) |
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